Neverending Math

Here is a list of some of the many great albums released in 2007--see you on '08, baby!

clap your hands say yeah - some loud thunder
of montreal - hissing fauna, are you the destroyer
shins - wincing the night away
menomena - friend and foe
matt and kim - s/t
trans am - sex change
do make say think - you, you're a history in rust
the besnard lakes - are the dark horse
julie doiron - woke myself up
apostle of hustle - national anthem of nowhere
early day miners - offshore
andrew bird - armchair apocrypha
ted leo - living with the living
lcd soundsystem - sound of silver
low - drums and guns
arcade fire - neon bible
fiest - the reminder
dntel - dumb luck
germans - cape fear
blone redhead - 23
good shoes - think before you speak
young galaxy - young galaxy
voxtrot - voxtrot
the national - boxer
battles - mirrored
wilco - sky blue sky
the sea and cake - everybody
bjork - volta
frog eyes - tears of the valedictorian
cinematic orchestra - ma fleur
dapple city - granddance
great lake swimmers - ongiara
shapes and sizes - split lips, winning hips, a shiner
miracle fortress - five roses
st vincent - marry me
editors - an end has a start
spoon - ga ga ga ga ga
au - au
ellen allien - fabric 34
caribou - andorra
architecture in helsinki - places like this
figurines - when the deer wore blue
the most serene republic - population
apparat - walls
sleeping states - there the open spaces
picastro - whore luck
les savy fav - let's stay friends
kevin drew - spirit if
doveman - with my left hanf, i raise the dead
matt pond pa - last light
his name is alive - xmmr

Because I'm hardcore nationalist, I bolded all Canadian albums

Top TEN!!!

This is my proper top ten list. I was wrestling with doing the top 50 but it seems that the ordering outside of the top 10 was unfair. I was also a little apprehensive at putting Panda Bear as my top album but I have been vindicated by the release of P4K's top 50 today. All in all it appears my list falls in line with every other one released in a while so nothing to new hear or see which is disappointing but I think that 2007 was a great year for music, but a disappointing one for Hip-Hop. I am also angered by the fact that Amy Winehouse gets publicity ( I know this is in fact publicity).

1. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Panda Bear - Bros
2. Okkervil River- The Stage Names
Okkervil RIver - Unless it Kicks
3. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Band of Horses - No One's Going to Love You
4. The National - Boxer
The National - Fake Empire
5. Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radiohead - Reckoner
6. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
7. Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn
8. The Field - From Here we go Sublime
The Field - The Little Hearts Beats so Fast
9. M.I.A - Kala
M.I.A - Boyz
10. Justice - † (Cross)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E (why not?)

Also for the record, Amy Winehouse does and always has looked like a man who I shit out on a cold sunday evening after a particularly rough lunch. As vile as that sounds it is true and I cannot apologize for that.

-jon

Tomorrow is my boyfriend, tomorrow is where I'd like you to touch!

So for all of you tuning in to tomorrow's program, be forewarned:

The mess-ay-ay-ay-ughhhhhhhhhhh!! Jon will not be performing his regular duties; in his place, will most likely sit Patrick Craven, a good friend of ours who knows absolutely nothing about music. But does Jon really, also? Nevertheless, the show will go on and you will hear a slightly biased version of Thom and Jon's Best of 2007. At the same rate, I will not be with you for the following two weeks due to my Olympic conditioning duties in a certain Latin-American country. Those two weeks will be filled with a slightly biased show, "According to Jon."

Todays post features Major Maker, again, but this time with their heart-stopping beat, "Rollercoaster". Here is the track-list tentative for Thursdays program (with the Major Maker link)

1. Jose Gonzalez - Killing For Love
2. Beirut - Scenic World
3. Decomposure - Hour 5
4. Destroyer - Foam Hands
5. Buck 65 - Kennedy Killed The Hat (MSTRKRFT rmx)
6. Copperpot - Demo
7. Crystal Castles - Air War (CFCF rmx)
8. Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How...
9. Dizzee Rascal - Sirens
10. Caribou - Eli
11. Blonde Redhead - 23
12. Hot Springs - Headrush
13. Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha Man
14. Office - The Big Bang Jump!
15. Apparat - Holdon
16. Jens Lekman - You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon)
17. New Buffalo - City and Sea
18. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
19. Kevin Drew - Safety Bricks
20. Shapes and Sizes - Head Movin'
21. Major Maker - Rollercoaster
22. Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere